Scott leads Rose in First Congressional District race

Congressman Tim Scott has about 63 percent of the vote over challenger Bobbie Rose with 70 of 78 precincts reporting.

Scott represents the First Congressional District.

Scott of Charleston and Rose made appearances in Beaufort in the final days of a race that analysts expected to be a decisive victory for Scott, who rode the wave of tea party outrage to Congress in the 2010 midterms.

Rose is a former educator, family court system case worker and realtor.

Scott is a strict fiscal conservative who stands firmly behind the military. With a second term, Scott saidv he’d set out to lower corporate tax rates below 35 percent, repeal Obamacare, “tweak” Dodd-Frank and focus on individual tax rates, though he didn’t offer specifics on tax reform.

Scott stands by a “no” vote against the compromise to the debt ceilng standoff that set a trigger for another $500 billion in defense cuts but nearly brought the country to default.